A mother has started teaching her nine-year-old twins “real life lessons” — making them pay rent, fines for messy rooms and even risk “eviction.” LaToya Whitfield, 38, gives her daughters, Grace and Autumn, weekly lessons on money, responsibility and the value of hard work. After her daughters demanded expensive dinners twice in one week a … Read more
Katie and Dustin Maletich, Oregon parents of four, have gone viral on social media for a parenting moment that’s sparked some debate. After Dustin’s 9-year-old stepson, Tommy, told his mother to “chill,” he was instructed to do several push-ups and 60 squats as a form of discipline. The workout was met with a father-son conversation about the … Read more
Of the list of eating disorders, ARFID might not be one that you recognize – but it can be just as dangerous as the better-known conditions. ARFID, or Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as a condition that limits a person’s food intake. It is recognized in the DSM-5 (the Diagnostic and … Read more
Birds of a feather flock together, especially at one seafaring competition. Dozens of people from across Europe dressed as seagulls and descended upon De Panne, Belgium on Sunday for the continental Championships of Gullscreeching. In the highly untraditional competition, competitors are judged on how well they can dress like a seagull and mimic the bird’s … Read more
She put the “her” in “Hercules.” Nine-year-old Indian weightlifter Arshia Goswami proved that powerful things can come in small packages after she deadlifted a back-breaking 165 pounds, as seen in an Instagram video with 48 million views. “The youngest and strongest Indian,” the tiny but mighty youngster wrote in the caption to the impressive clip. … Read more
Zoë Gregory, a single mom living in the U.K., was determined to turn her life around, and she did just that with the help of Hugh Hefner. The former teen mom, who was once earning nearly $100 a week before becoming a sought-after Playboy model, has written a new memoir, “From Britain to Bunny: A … Read more
Her toy story had a happy ending. A pilot flew an American Girl doll 5,880 miles from Tokyo to Texas — to reunite it with a 9-year-old who lost it. American Airlines’ James Danen first learned about Valentina Dominguez’s lost doll through her parents’ Facebook post, according to WFAA-TV. Rudy and Celeste Dominguez had last … Read more
NFL Network host Kyle Brandt does not appear to be a fan of participation trophies. Brandt competed against his 9-year-old son in a good old fashioned game of “Madden” and absolutely trounced him, 100-0. “Playing Madden with my 9-year old. Sometimes the boy needs to learn life isn’t easy,” Brandt tweeted Friday, adding an Eagles … Read more
Roxy Jacenko, the Aussie public relations mogul, has shared her son’s extravagant wishlist for his upcoming ninth birthday and it’s as ridiculously extravagant as you’d expect. Jacenko is known for her expensive taste and her kids seemed to have inherited this from their mom too. A few times a year, she blesses us with a sneak peek into … Read more
This would be a very mice “Pat” on the back. The San Diego Zoo said a Pacific pocket mouse born there nearly a decade ago is the world’s oldest living mouse in human care. Zoo officials are calling for recognition for Pat, who is 9 years and 5 months old, from Guinness World Records, according … Read more
The haters are getting a little nosey. A mother of three is under fire for letting her 9-year-old daughter get her nose pierced, as people call her a “bad mom.” Meghan Black, 28, posted a series of clips on TikTok championing her young daughter’s bold personality and shameless self-expression, justifying to the haters that “it’s … Read more
A mother from Japan has urged her nine-year-old daughter to undergo a double eyelid procedure to make her look “beautiful”. A facial feature many Asian people are born without, double eyelids is the “beauty standard”, mom Rucchi said. She told VICE TV that as a child, she suffered in misery because she didn’t have them. “My mother … Read more